body scanners at pune airport likely by early next year | pune news - times of india

Pune: sources at the facility say body scanners could replace door frame metal detectors at city airports by the first quarter of next year.
Pune Airport is located below the Super Airport
Sensitive airport category.
According to sources, the Civil Aviation Safety Bureau (BCAS)
In a recent notice, body scanners were installed at 84 airports across the country.
The source added that while waiting for some clarification on the directive, they expect the body scanner to be installed at Pune airport in the first four months of 2020.
According to the notice, 28
Sensitive airports and sensitive airports 56 will receive body scanners by March 2020.
Other airports will get scanners by March 2021.
At present, there are about 108 airports in China.
A source told TOI that the decision on the body scanner had been made by the Civil Aviation Safety Agency.
It has a committee of various stakeholders who are calling on these issues.
The source added that we need to know more about the procedures for purchasing body scanners and the deadline for installing them.
Now the information is limited and we can\'t give any more details.
Currently, no airport in the country has a full-body scanner for passengers.
However, human body scanners have been tested at Delhi airport.
The country\'s airports now use a variety of improved door frame metal detectors and manual
Scan passengers with a metal detector.
These machines exist in various parts of the airport, such as at the point of entry and at the point of existence, and also in security checks --ins.
Once the new machine is in place, you can scan the passengers to see if anything objectionable is hidden in their body or clothes.
Another source said there is no need for physical contact for this.
There\'s already an e-installation at Pune airport-
Seamless access to the gate of the facility.
The commissioning of the facility will begin soon.
The source said that although the trial run was delayed in the past, it is expected to start at the end of this month.
Sources said,
Gates will upgrade soon.
The improved system will see
In addition to e-commerce, Gates
Facial recognition system.